it's very strange.

i was not experiencing symptoms of hep b before i got my blood taken. but, i have certainly been tired since then. and it is documented here - before i had any results.

it may be psychological, but i'm getting pains in my abdomen. and my eyes have picked up a yellow hue.

i am very seriously concerned that i picked up hepatitis at the blood lab.

you could say that i'm exasperated by people that continue to insist on perpetuating superstition. i'll eat that. but, it's not hate. it's scorn. it's disdain. and it's dismay.

i don't hate christmas. but, i'm saddened that people keep celebrating it.

i mean, how exactly do you expect me to celebrate christmas? i'm an atheist, and an anti-capitalist. do you expect me to sing songs to a god i don't believe in? do you expect me to make an exception for the contradictions because it's the end of the calendar?

"i know that capitalism is full of contradictions. but it's the end of the year. we'll pretend it makes sense. for the children. because ignoring the contradictions in capitalism, and perpetuating the oppression, is exactly what will benefit the children, in the long run."

and, you know, i'm not even going to go out there and poke your eyes. if you want to sing your silly songs to your imaginary friends, have fun. i don't fucking care. why would i? just keep it out of my face...

i don't "hate christmas"....

it's the wrong way to conceptualize it.

what if i were to ask you why you don't celebrate lemuria?

here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemuria_%28festival%29

so, why don't you celebrate lemuria? if you don't celebrate lemuria, you must hate lemuria, right? you must be anti-lemuria!

it's absurd. i don't celebrate christmas because i consider christianity to be medieval, and it's adherents to be primitives. i live in a modern, secular society and i simply don't have time for your dark age nonsense.

this gets the basic idea right.

https://www.desmog.ca/2016/05/20/who-really-benefits-pipelines-kinder-morgan-trans-mountain-anyways

this article also understands the basic point.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304356604577339972995473802